Candy-package.



A. B. sonorr. GANDY PAGKAGB. APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1907.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908' Q/Vihwaoco 1n: mmnis urns; co., wunmarou. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ABRAHAM B. SCHOPF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BARRY CHOCOLATE CO., INC, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CANDY-PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM B. SoHoPF, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Candy-Package, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a package for candy or other material if so desired, the same consisting of a box having lids on the top or bottom portions of the bod thereof, both primarily separate from said ody, one of said lids subsequently constituting the fixed bottom of the box, means being employed for causing the latter named lid to adhere firmly to the body, so as to be practically unremovable and produce an air tight joint between the parts, provision being also made for retaining the candy in compact form within the box and resiliently supporting the same, so as to prevent breakage of the candy, the package also presenting an attractive and marketable appearance, the means employed being hereinafter described, and the novel features pointed out in the claims.

Figures 1 and. 2 represent perspective views of the top and bottom, both in-open condition, of a candy package embodying my invention. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section thereof, of the box in closed condition.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings: A designates a box constructed of the body B, a plurality of lids C, D, both of which are rimarily sepa-' rate from said body, the lid subsequently constituting the bottom of the box, the latter, in the present case, being intended for candy. The box is lined with paraflin or wax paper E, and the candy placed thereinto and bound by the ribbons or cords F, thus keeping the pieces of candy more compactly within the box.

G designates a cushion, which is placed on the bottom of the box and provides a resilient support for the candy superimposed thereon, thus preventing mashing or fracture of the candy.

H designates a strip or iece of paste-board or other suitable materia which is placed on the bottom of the box and ada ted to snugly and tightly engage opposite sides of the body of the box, so as to distend;said sides:and

cause them to contact closely with the sides of the bottom lid D.

In putting up the goods, the lid C is fitted on the body B, and the latter is overturned, so that said lid is on the bottom of the box, the other lid D having been removed said lid C though loose on the body forming in the present position a bottom closure for the same.

The ribbons F are united at their ends and placed on the bottom of the box and up the sides thereof, and the lining E applied. The candy is now packed into the box within the lining, after which the ends of the latter are folded over the top of the candy and the ribbons brought together and tied. The strip H is now placed on the to of the folded lining, so as to press against t e side walls of the body B and force them out to normal condition for overcoming any collapsion or shrinking. The cushion G is now placed in position, and the lid D applied and gummed to the body, whereby as the walls of the body are pressed against the sides of said lid, the adhesive material employed causes said lid D to be firmly connected with the body and producing practically an air-tight joint for a said members. The box is now overturned, when the lid D becomes the fixed bottom of the box, while the lid C is loose on top and so being removable for access to the contents of the box.

While I specified certain means for carrying out my improvements, I do not wish to be limited exactly to the same, but desire to make such changes as may come within the sccipe of the novelty involved.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A ackage of the character stated com posed o a body, a lining therefor, the material to be acked being adapted to be contained wit '11 said lining, a distending strip in said body over said lining, and a binder extending around the bottom, sides and top of said lining and united at its ends.

2. In a package of the character stated, a box composed of a body, a plurality of lids both primarily separated from the body, one of which subsequently constitutes the bottom of the box, a lining for said box independent of the box and its lids, and a distending strip independent of the box and its lids and disposed on the bottom of the box and tightly engaging opposite, sides of the tuting a resilient sudpport for the candy and a body thereof to distend the same and to 3 cause them to closely contact with the sides of the bottom lid.

3. In a package of the character stated, a box composed of a body, a plurality of lids both primarily separated from the body, one of Which subsequently constitutes the bottom of the box, a lining for said box independent of the box and its lids, a cushion supported on the bottom of the box and constidistending strip in ependent of the box and its lids and disposed on the bottom of the box and tightly engaging opposite sides of the 15 body thereof to distend the same and to cause them to closely contact With the sides of the bottom lid.

ABRAHAM B. SCHOPF. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, HARRY O. DALTON. 

